Healthy Her Fitness: Giavonni Nickson Interiew

Healthy Who?
Insights from Healthy Her Fitness with CEO Giavonni Nickson

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with a good friend, Giavonni Nickson.

There are many reasons it is appropriate to interview Giavonni at this time.  The one with most weight for you and me is that she is living her dream through her company Healthy Her Fitness.

I have known Giavonni since middle school I can truly say that she has always been very passionate about fitness. I was always the non-athletic friend in our bunch and Gina never pushed the issue to be fit by her words but she showed through her lifestyle and commitment to fitness.

 

Giavonni Nickson is a Certified Personal Trainer. She has worked with athletes at every level, pushing them to physically excel.

Please join me as I speak to Giavonni regarding entering into agreements.

Skye:  Giavonni, can you share with me the method in which your clientele come to Healthy Her Fitness.

Giavonni: Many of my clients come to me by referral either through a current client or if I make contact at a speaking engagement where I am discussing fitness.

Skye: Do you find that those potential clients have to be sold on the idea of a personal trainer?

Giavonni: Sometimes I have contact with clients that want a personal trainer but they are not sure what all it entails. For example some people may think a personal trainer costs less than what my service goes for.

Skye: How do you negotiate your prices with your clients when they feel as though they want or need your services but are not sure what the costs are? Or how do you separate the people from the problem.

Giavonni: I still have to sell my services when they come to me. I explain the benefits of the services and the price associated with it.   A Personal trainer is going to cost more than $10. I have to show my benefit by pointing out the potential I have to assist my clients in reaching their fitness goals.

Skye: I see that you have been able to secure clientele with your excellent services. Have you had any struggles with proposing mutual benefit to your potential clients?

Giavonni: When negotiating services prices, I listen to my client’s goals. With their goals as a focus we are able to set the value for the service Healthy Her Fitness Provides.

Skye: Do you find that you have to utilize objective criteria as related to the Fitness industry as a whole when negotiating with your clients?

Giavonni: I have had clients come to me with objective criteria in their favor when they realize that not only is Healthy Her competitively priced but often below industry standards.

Skye: How can my readers get in contact with you to start making steps towards being healthy?

Giavonni:  I hold fitness workshops, and I am also available for individual coaching. HealthyHerFitness.com has all of my contact information.

Skye: Thank you Giavonni! Your story is imperative to my readers that are anxious to do something about their fitness goals. I recently read that October is the new January. So why wait to get fit, when you can start today!

This concludes my interview with Giavonni Nickson of Healthy Her Fitness LLC. 

So are you still in??  I still want to hear about the changes you have made!

Skye 

Procrastination Death: Just Start Yesterday

Just start yesterday 

Procrastination

It has been apart of our lives at some point. Whether we choose to admit it or not, you too have procrastinated. 

Procrastination by Rennet Stowe(Creative Commons) 

Procrastination is a Bully

For a substantial amount of time I was the reigning queen of procrastination. I would mutter such phrases as " I work best under pressure" and " I will have more time to do it later".

 These statements are false!

I was seated on the thrown of procrastination. High and mighty I reigned, yet very unproductive. I was truly busy. I have always had a family, and a job to maintain.

While being busy, I wanted more. Perhaps  wanted is an understatement. I yearned for more. Not for more busy ,but for more of life. I truly wanted to participate in life. I wanted to start living my life the life of my dreams.

When thought of researching my dream would boldly show up, I would always talk myself out of it. As if I had the nerve to think I could add fulfillment and satisfaction into my busy.

I beat myself up each time I thought about devoting time to my dream. Until the day I stood up to myself and my busy and I started!

Just that simple, I began typing out my ideas and devised a plan for the rest of my life.

Enduring Postponement

Standing up to myself meant a lot . I worked on an action plan for two whole days. Soon, I thought I deserved a break. After all, I had done so well the past two whole days.

Jeff Goins speaks about reverse procrastination. This post was a few years late for me. According to the journal dates of my action plan that break lasted approximately four months.

The procrastination bully returned. I invited procrastination back in and it took over.

Reviewing my mistakes, I realized I did not deserve a break but I did deserve to pursue my dreams. I have turned those dreams into goals that I plan on achieving. I have committed the next few week to a series of steps to unveiling You.

You as in …

                        Who you are.

                        Where you want to be.

                        What is your plan to get there.

It’s not enough to commit to someone else without committing to you first. If you would like to beat procrastination, feel free to join me by responding, “I’m in”.

SKYE

P.S. Life is a journey of progress, lets go!

Photo Credit: Rennet Stowe

Spend your Time Reality Checking

Where is your time : 3 Reality Checks

 It is amazing to have a dream.

It is amazing to have a dream?

Photo Credit:ToniVC

I am not certain if that phrase should be declarative or interrogative.

Dreaming is fun. You wake up feeling like you may actually have a purpose in life. Of course you feel like Mary Poppins ready to go Fly a kite. You spent the night before making of list of all the wonderful things you wanted to accomplish. You titled it “Action Plan for Tomorrow and Beyond”.  You went to bed ready to wake up, ready to get started.

All is well until you get to work.  That’s when you realized you were ready. Past tense. It all changed when you were confronted with the reality of your cubicle.  This was confirmed by your task list in Outlook, and the memo lying on your chair announcing a working lunch staff meeting. Your lunch hour was supposed to be your premeditated, put the action plan in motion time.

Your day is not going as planned.

I have listed 3 reality checks to get you through the rest of the day.

1.You have to go to work.  The very reason Monday is so unpopular, is the very same force that sucks your action plan into the Abyss of Good intentions.

 Work is for those who need money right now. I am in that category, I show up faithfully everyday. I have a family. I have bills, therefore I work.  This is my reality.

Since the time you have in a day is limited, you must decide ahead of time how you will spend that time.

2.You Are Responsible For How You Spend Your Time. You may control some aspects of your day.

Lets look at a typical breakdown of time

7 days

24 hours a day

______________________

=168 hours a week to spend living

24 hours a day

-8 hours of sleep

-8 hours of work

-1 hour travel time

________________________

=7 hours of freedom a day = 49 hours in a week to do you.

 Seven whole hours in a simple day!

That is seven hours to be a part of a family, eat, perhaps shower and prepare to do it all over again the next day.

I have provided a very generous breakdown of time above. I actually get approximately 6 hours of sleep; My employer mandates that I work 7.5 hours daily.

My travel time depends upon to which office I am reporting.  I cover a very large portion of the state and have to get 4 kids to school and daycare. My husband usually cooks, but in the event he is working late, I have to feed the family.

I am in school. I am mommy. I am wife. I am supervisor. I am a volunteer.

I am responsible for the way I spend my time.  This is my reality.

  3.To Sleep And How Much To Sleep That Is The Question

Many try, but sleep is non-negotiable to a certain degree. Your health and overall level of pleasantness will be affected if you do not receive adequate sleep. I have to get my day started early in order to be ahead of all of the potential disasters my family of 6 to7 on any given day may encounter. Additionally, I don’t like to be grumpy, therefore I sleep.  

I have to go to work

Thankfully I love my job, my team and my supervisors. However if I did not have to go to work, I wouldn’t. Being honest here I could think of many things to do with this precious 8 hours. This is my reality.

What is your dream?

If you want to be something other than what you are identified as now. Lead Trainer, Gardening Assistant, Clerk. You have to embrace your reality as a snapshot of your life. This does not have to always be. You can do more. You can have more. You can live your dream by making time for it. Like money your time will leave if you do not designate a way to use it.

Today How will you plan to make time for your dream?

How will you plan to make time for your dream?

Tell me about it!